?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4516%2F&rft.title=Potential+of+Forage+Legumes+in+Land-Use+Intensification+Towards+Sustainable+Crop-Livestock+Production+Systems+in+West+Africa&rft.creator=van+Velthuizen%2C+H.T.&rft.creator=Fischer%2C+G.&rft.creator=Mohamed+Saleem%2C+M.A.&rft.creator=Kassam%2C+A.H.&rft.creator=Kaufmann%2C+R.+von&rft.creator=Shah%2C+M.M.&rft.description=Poverty%2C+high+population+pressure+on+land-use%2C+and+the+inability+of+maintaining+fertility+through+traditional+farming+and+land+management+practices+are+contributing+to+land+degradation+and+decline+in+agricultural+productivity+in+most+West+African+countries.+Improved+farming+practices+and+land+management+alternatives+that+can+raise+productivity+and+protect+the+agricultural+resource+base+are+urgently+required+to+meet+future+food+demands.+%0D%0A%0D%0AIt+was+in+this+context+that+the+potential+of+forage+legumes+in+crop-livestock+systems+in+West+Africa+was+examined+by+International+Centre+for+Africa+(ILCA).++The+ability+of+forage+legumes+to+biologically+fix+nitrogen+and+provide+livestock+feed+of+good+quality+are+potential+benefits+offered+by+adapted+legume+fallows+compared+to+natural+fallows+used+in+traditional+systems.+These+are+important+considerations+in+effective+management+of+nutrients+and++soil+fertility+through+crop-livestock+systems.+%0D%0A%0D%0APrevious+work+in+West+Africa+has+considered+forage+legumes+mainly+from+a+viewpoint+of+their+potential+contribution+to+livestock+feed+improvement%3B+their+potential+contribution+to+soil+management+has+not+been+systematically+assessed.+This+joint+International+Livestock+Research+Institute+(ILRI)%2FFood++and+Agriculture+Organization+(FAO)%2FIIASA+work+addresses+the+potential+of+both.&rft.publisher=WP-95-080&rft.date=1995-09&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4516%2F1%2FWP-95-080.pdf&rft.identifier=++van+Velthuizen%2C+H.T.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F349.html%3E%2C+Fischer%2C+G.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F89.html%3E%2C+Mohamed+Saleem%2C+M.A.%2C+Kassam%2C+A.H.%2C+Kaufmann%2C+R.+von%2C+%26+Shah%2C+M.M.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1567.html%3E++(1995).++Potential+of+Forage+Legumes+in+Land-Use+Intensification+Towards+Sustainable+Crop-Livestock+Production+Systems+in+West+Africa.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-95-080+++++